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Amherst, MA
EarthAction's mission is to inform and inspire people everywhere to turn their concern, passion, and outrage into meaningful action for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.
Interests: Sustainability, biking, peace, nuclear disarmament, forest conservation, nature, indigenous rights, human rights, renewable energy, climate change
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News from Nablus - Palestinian House of Friendship
The Palestinian House of Friendship (PHF) is located in Nablus, a medium-sized city north of Jerusalem on the West Bank in Palestine. Mohammed Sawalha, founder and director of PHF, describes the current situation there as extremely dangerous throughout the city and region, with illegal settlers attacking villagers and Israeli soldiers... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at EarthAction
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Concerned about what a Trump Presidency would mean for the Environment and our struggle against Climate Change?
OCTOBER: Project 2025 provides a detailed description of what a Trump Presidency would mean for environmental concerns. Although not yet official policy, Project 2025 was written by high-level Trump team members to guide policy under a Trump Presidency. The document is crystal clear in its goal of dismantling environmental regulations... Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2024 at 2020 Action
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Project 2025 Includes Dangerous Nuclear Weapons Policies
SEPTEMBER: Written by the Heritage Foundation, with staffers and supporters of former President Trump, Project 2025 calls for nuclear weapons to become a dramatically larger part of our national defense posture. The writers state that more nuclear weapons would guarantee our freedom and prosperity, unlike President Reagan, who acknowledged this... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2024 at 2020 Action
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Palestinian House of Friendship: News From Nablus
Dear Friends of the Palestinian House of Friendship, The “silent war” against the West Bank city of Nablus and the entire region continues. In December 2022 Netanyahu named Bezalel Smotrich the Minister of Finance, and Itamar Ben- Gvir, Minister of National Security. Both men are right-wing extremists, lawyers in their... Continue reading
Posted Aug 11, 2024 at EarthAction
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Planet Earth is Heating Up Faster all the Time
AUGUST: It does not just seem to be getting hotter; it actually is. Each of the last 11 months was the hottest month globally for that calendar month. This year is on track to break our US and global heat records. Until now, most wildfires in Western North America are... Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2024 at 2020 Action
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Expanding Recreational Opportunities on our Beautiful Public Lands
JULY: America is incredibly blessed with wonders of nature for all to enjoy. A new Act before Congress, the “Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act,” or the “EXPLORE Act,” calls for the making and publishing of a formal list of these natural treasures on our public lands. The list... Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2024 at 2020 Action
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The Threat Posed by Nuclear Weapons is Expanding. What can we do to Counteract it?
June - The world is slipping deeper into the nuclear weapons death spiral. Must we wait for nuclear catastrophe before we decide that nuclear weapons are the ultimate threat to human life? The spread of these weapons, and their modernization, is only making things worse. Two House bills H. Res.... Continue reading
Posted May 26, 2024 at 2020 Action
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UNCCD PRESS RELEASE: ‘Silent Demise’ of Vast Rangelands Threatens Climate, Food, Wellbeing of Billions
Rangelands cover 54% of all land; as much as 50% are degraded, imperiling 1/6th of humanity’s food supply, 1/3rd of Earth’s carbon reservoir UNCCD report points way to restore, better manage rangelands, urges protection of pastoralism Bonn/Ulaanbaatar 21 May 2024 – Degradation of Earth’s extensive, often immense natural pastures and... Continue reading
Posted May 22, 2024 at EarthAction
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Ban Bee-killing Chemicals
May - The EPA is currently undertaking a major policy review concerning regulation of harmful chemicals, including two chemicals that threaten bee populations. Bees are essential pollinators that play a vital role in most of our food supply and the health of the environment, yet many species of bees are... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2024 at 2020 Action
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Stop Selling Weapons & Military Supplies to Israel that are Killing Gazans
April - “US uses loophole to keep 100 arms sales to Israel under the radar. . .” This was the startling March 6th headline in the Guardian. Each of these 100 arms sales escaped US Congressional oversight--and public knowledge--because each sale was under the dollar amount - $100 million -... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2024 at 2020 Action
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Remembering and Honoring the Women of Gaza
March is Women's History Month, and I would like to start by acknowledging, saluting, and honoring Palestinian women for their immense contributions to the liberation movement for a free Palestine. We also remember and mourn all the women poets, writers, artists, journalists, and aid workers killed by the Israeli bombardment... Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2024 at EarthAction
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Stop US Support for Killing, Destruction, & Catastrophe in Gaza
March - In response to Hamas's horrific attack on Israel that killed 1,200 and took 240 hostages, Israel launched an attack on Gaza that has caused 28,000 deaths so far. This ongoing massacre against Gazans, who cannot defend themselves, includes the deaths of an estimated 12,000 innocent children, many of... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2024 at 2020 Action
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International Children's Peace Prize 2024: Deadline extended!
As advocates for children's rights, we are reaching out to share a unique opportunity that allows each one of you to play a part in recognizing the extraordinary efforts of courageous children around the world. KidsRights annually awards the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize to a child who fights for... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2024 at EarthAction
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Tell the President & DOE “No on Liquid Natural Gas Terminal in Louisiana”
February - True: Natural gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel. However, if you add the climate damage done by the leakage of methane, especially at the gas wellheads, natural gas is even worse than coal. A 12/29/2023 NYT graph shows the global temperature is not only rising, but at... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2024 at 2020 Action
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Martin Luther King’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 10 December 1964
“I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction… I believe that even amid today’s mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2024 at EarthAction
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Gaza Civilians Have A Right Not To Be Forced To Starve
January - The situation in Gaza is critical. Oct. 7 is the day of the horrific massacre of Israeli civilians by Hamas. That day, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu pledged "revenge". The next day, his senior advisor Mark Regev called for "payback". On Oct. 10, Israel's Defense Minister Gallant announced a... Continue reading
Posted Dec 30, 2023 at 2020 Action
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Report on World Climate Change & What You Can Do to Help Stabilize Our Climate
December 2023 - In the 2015 Paris Accords the countries of the world committed to cut Greenhouse Gases (GHG) sufficiently to keep the global rise in temperature below 1.5 Celsius or 2.7 Fahrenheit. New research projects that we'll blow right past these levels by 2028. In the meantime, the U.S.,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 29, 2023 at 2020 Action
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Climate Governance Commission Report and MEGA: Proposals to better manage the global environment
The Climate Governance Commission (CGC) yesterday released Governing our Planetary Emergency. This is a ground-breaking report which highlights that current policies are failing to address the global climate emergency, and which puts forward a platform of climate governance proposals in order to ensure more effective cooperative action to limit global... Continue reading
Posted Nov 29, 2023 at EarthAction
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U.S. Nuclear Policy in the Current Middle East
November 2023 - Ever since the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), nonproliferation has been the central pillar of U.S. nuclear policy. So it is extremely disturbing that the Biden administration is now negotiating a dangerous three-way deal with Israel and Saudi Arabia. The deal would: a) establish diplomatic relations between... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2023 at 2020 Action
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Stop Congress from Rolling Back Health & Environmental Protections
October - Big corporate polluters and their friends are pushing an extreme agenda as the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate consider the 2024 federal spending plan. Some Representatives are proposing extreme spending cuts to programs that keep pollution in check. The House Republican majority has drafted budget... Continue reading
Posted Oct 1, 2023 at 2020 Action
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Introducing the Nominees of International Children’s Peace Prize 2023
We are excited to share the latest updates on the International Children’s Peace Prize 2023! As you may know, the International Children's Peace Prize (‘ICPP’) is the most important award given to a young changemaker who has made an exceptional difference for the rights of the child and the position... Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2023 at EarthAction
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Say ‘NO’ to Taxpayers Holding the Bag for Nuclear Disasters
September - The Price-Anderson Act was enacted in 1957. It kickstarted the nuclear power industry and has limited the liability that nuclear power companies would pay in a disaster to about $13 billion. The Fukushima and Chernobyl disasters are costing in the hundreds of billions of US dollars. Nineteen of... Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2023 at 2020 Action
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Natural Gas Is Worse for the Climate Than We Thought
August - Natural gas has long been promoted as a "bridge fuel", to use while renewables are not yet widely in place. The reason is that it burns more cleanly than oil and coal. But a new study published on July 19, 2023, in Environmental Research Letters, states that this... Continue reading
Posted Jul 27, 2023 at 2020 Action
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Climate Advocacy Campaigns Turned Best Practices
In our latest post, we asked our Country Managers to describe a best practice example from their countries that began with an effort to advocate for a policy change and resulted in a change in government policy. The effort needed to have certain characteristics such as a focus on a... Continue reading
Posted Jul 27, 2023 at EarthAction
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Support US Arms Control Outreach to China and Iran
July 2023 - The news from Washington about arms control isn't always bad. Recently, Secretary of State Blinken and President Biden have renewed efforts to bring China into arms control discussions. Proposals include advance notification of missile tests, improved crisis communication channels, and committing not to hand over launch authority... Continue reading
Posted Jun 28, 2023 at 2020 Action
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